The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

BRIGHTON. T RuasDAy.—Shortly after two o'clock this afternoon ber Majeqy rode out on horseback, accompanied by 'MBaroness Lehzen, the Hen. Miss Murray, Miss Quentin, arqui s of Headfort, ' Viscount Torrington, Sir Wm. Lumley, Colonel Buckles', Hon. Major Keppel, Hon. C. Alurray, Sir G. Quentin, who were also on horseback. The Royal cavalcade left the Palace by the southern gate, and proceeded through East.street along the King's-road, and feom thence to the Downs. Crowds of persons as -Bembled round the Palace gates to get a s; ht of the Queen on her going out and on her returning. The Co un t ess o f Ch ar l emont an d t h e Hon. Mit , s Pitt followed the Royal party in a pony chaise. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Murray, took a carriage airing this morning at half-past twelve o'clock. Lord Melbourne arrived last night at six o'clock, and an.mediately afterwards had an audience of her Majesty. R's Lordship was the only additional guest to the Royal (Loner table. The dinner invitations for this evening comprise the Melb ourne, Countess and Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount . 7 ,alelhour ne , L or d an d L a d y Ashley, Ri g h t lion. Spring Rice, Right Hon. G. S. Byng, hon. Berkeley Paget, Viscount, Torrington, the Hon. Major Keppel, and Mr. Irby. Her Majesty' s c h am b er b and an d the b an d o f t h e 19-th Lancers have instructions to be in attendance. Mr. Spring Rice left his name at the Palace to-day. Mr. IlYng is expected this evening. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of C ambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, at tended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Kneseheck, ho 'loured the performances at the Adelphi Theatre on Wed- Slesday evening with their presence. The Agent of Jamaica, accompanied, by a Deputation, consisting of Lord Seaford, Sir Alex. Grant, Sir E. H. E ast, Mr. Erskine, and Mr. Milner, had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-dice. Her Majesty's Royal Bounty ss. each to upwards of ITO poor old persons whose ages exceed 60 years, including 418 0 blind and disabled persons, was distributed on Monday an d Wednesday, by Mr. Hanby, at the Aln.onry-office. The Royal-gate alms 7 to 168 p ‘ aged above sixty Y e ars, ea c h p erson rece i v i ng 135., was a l s3 disributed by A ir. Hanby, the Secretary to the Lord High Almoner. Captain Lihou, Major Mackie, and Mr. Rendall had in krviews v ith Lord Glenelg yesterday, at t he Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, left town yesterday horning, for Brighton. __Oespatches were received yesterday at the Colonial oec from Major-General Napier, Governor of the Cape Good Hope. F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE• ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and suite s in Sackville-street, rroute to assume the command of Woolwich garrison, from , t °ll gbton House, Tipperary ; Colonel Maberly, in Seymour arbeet, frSto the Shooting Lodge f Ld Lichfield, Ranton k b ey, m affordshire ; Mr. Errin o gton, or in Hill-street, frorn °o ton Hall ; C a pt. an d M rs . H enry B a thurst, in Glouces r-place, from Dublin Castle ; Lord. and Lady Suffield. at Le Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street ; Count Zichy, ditto ; 1-,ard Dudley Stuart, from Brighton ; Lord Boyne, in Bel ta„ve-square, from th e M ar i ne -parade, at Dover ; Mr. Grote, A ir., in Eccl e st on - s t reet , B e l gra ve-square, from Paris ; the Willis of B rea d a lb ane , in Park-lane, from the North ; Lord P Ar chibald St. Maur, Royal Horse Guards Blue , from the 1 1 1 , k e of Somerset's villa at Wimbledon; the Hon. Major Kep frTh Groom in Waiting to the Queen, in Lower Brook-street, Tero the Pa v ili on , a t Brighton ; the Earl of Portarlington, at r i mmer's Hot e l, f r o n Enn Castle ; the Hon. Edmund Byng, t. °4l a tour ; Lady and the Misses Conroy, at Kensington, ii °4l Albplace Ramsgate ; M. Dedel, at Mivart's Hotel, tor,°?k-street, from' a tour; Baron Lowenberg, Grand Equerry eh his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, at ditto, from Ro- L Ter ; General Bored, at ditto, from a tour; Sir John and ki , lt uY Hall, from Brighton ; Sir Charles Dalbiac, in Hanover -Oar; from Suffolk. DEPARTURES. 4111aViscount and Viscountess Cornbermere, (Cheshireover re, for their seat, Combermere Abbey, ; Sir kiehard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, from Bond-street, for Q a i g h tee ; their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Pea, from Belgrave-square, for Salthill. CHANGES. i Th e Marqui s o f T wee dd a le, at Kimbolton Castle, Hunt ndo on a visit ; Colonel and Elizabeth Steele, from a 40 it to Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., M.P., and Lady Kerr-- An, at th e i r seat, Oakley Par k , near E ye ; L or d and Lady a: (111 er, on a visit to Lord Dinorben, at Kinmel Park , St. 1-loipe. from Sowerby Hall, Leicestershire ; Lord and Lyady C. at their seat, Bicton Lodge, near Sidmouth , from Ste stone ; Mr, G. Byng, M. P., at his seat, Wrotbam Park, " 3 , from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Garvab, at their seat, 11' 1/ ' 4 h, Londonderry, Ireland , from a tour in Scotland ; Earl oflthurst, m a Badinton, o a visit he Duke nd ch eaufort, t from hi 3 seat, n to Oakley Pa t k, Gloucesters a Duesshire. Ili a Excellency Count Pozzo di Borgo entertained bUr 4Boe et party at dinner on Wednesday evening at Ash -1-1( a rn House. Lady Burghersh was among the guests. th : Excellency kept. open house on Christmas-day, when ,bdurnestics fared most sumptuously. i tbp ii r Duke adn I ucAess of Beaufort are entertain -6' a lashionable circle at Badmington Park. The party Se earl Yto e • the sports of the field with his Grace's l a ck of hound n s joy Cards, music, and a dance fill up the evenings. Trentham Hall, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, g n a4 the scene of great festivity on Wednesday, in conse enee of the celebration of the natal day of the youthful 44 e rge Granville, Marquis of Stafford. The tenantry p e Ldenaestics sat down to a plentiful supply of beef, ale, t o ' U 'l3, &C. The agent of his Grace presided, and many e ,: stB were given suitable to the occasion. The Marquis ‘". r .Pleted his 10th year. L ao Lichfield is confined at his shooting lodge, I,.,n t an Abbey, Staffordshire, by an attack of gout. His i 1 G -rs ltiP was a good deal shaken by a collision of the rail ayarains between Birmingham and Stafford on his journey l ett 4l town to Ranton, to receive his Royal visitors. The o i.L erit received yesterday, in St. James's-square, mention a Se ht improvement in his Lordship's health. Mr. Stanley, r re tary to the Treasury, is on a visit to his Lordship. tle'rd and Lady Marvborough are expected in town tl e '. 3 „evening from Deal Castle, Kent, where, owing to the I , l 'l of the Earl of Clarendon, their party has broken up. ii rr 4n e Countess of Clarendon, it is thought, will ." in town this afternoon or to-morrow morning, from e a ! The mortal remains of the late Earl will be re- L ed from Deal to-day for town. hs ° 4 l Sandys, who arrived in town on Monday, ei n ° "' 13 mbersley Court, his seat in Worcestershire, has p a , e s e left f or Hatfield House, Herts, where a distinguished Il e ' 1 Y has assembled on a visit to the Marquis and Marchio -81,0f Salisbury. Che Marquis of Conyngham, accompanied by the arl of Mouutcharles, visited the Dowager Marchioness of r o ,,'',Yrigham, at Matlock, Derbyshire, on leaving town en "Le to his estates in Ireland. Iv Lord an d L a d y C ow l ey, an d t h e H onoura bl e Miss k ella "ley have left town on a visit to the Marquis and tehioness of Downshire, at Easthampstead, Berks. r r ,°rd Dynevor has, with a liberality worthy of his C rit ri t , . Worth, and high standing in society, expressed his Li enti on of building an additional church in the parish of Andilo ; at a pl ace called Cwm Amman, at his own ex pen,se, and th e v i car is collect i ng su b scr i pt i ons t owar d s its Illunowment, and th e erect i on o f a res id e nce for the clergy -44---Carmarthen Journal. R " Bur rev ATA.—In our fi rst l ea d er y e sterday .or , ) " Eye," an d f or " H aman " rea d " M or decai.' th The General Steam Navigation Company's packet., hoe 41 twood, f r om Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom use, last night. t o it • Rowland Errington, son of Sir Thos. Stanley , tree , will l ea d to th e hy menea l a lt ar in the course of next th w'k; the accomplished Miss Macdonald, the daughter of djutant-G e neral, Sir John Macdonald. the e have great pleasure in stating that he r Ma j est y trir Queen Dowager has graciously directed her Treasurer t6 ° ,..rward anot h er d onat i on o f 1001. in aid of the funds of th e 'vlendicit y Society ; an institution eminently deserving k at ronage of the humane at this inclement seas on. a ti ,, et , TON MOWBRAY, MONDAY.—The attend N i le at this fashionable place of winter abode has been 4 3 ' equal t o th e genera l average prev i o us to Christmas. ap v r that fe s ti ve season i s passed, we are calculating on S tift ne : l lll ow of distinguished porting characters ; the L ords ja g d and Gardiner's management of the hounds promis gipe:? become eminently popular. The following have a ti e.,.lY taken up their residence in this district :—The Earl Ler.,‘)uuntess of Wilton, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Norman, t ioa _ tr k la narnedu Lady gh , Macdonald, Cranstoun, Howth, A. Seymour, Hotirester, and Alford ; Counts Bathyany and Zichi, the t a k e ( Mtable A. Villiers, Sir J. G. Johnstone (who has 3, 41 4 the h ouse l ate l y occup i e d by L or d Rokeby), Sir Musgrov e , Si r D . B a i r d, B a rt. ; John M oore , W . G . iii. dtb our, Joh n Whit e , V. Maher, G. Toudine Fai r li e , tOp p, E N s V h_arton, T. W. C o ke, J. Carrington, and J. Har- Te CirS. h Set 0, mess of th e 84th have just purchased a costly mete' plate to th e t une o f 3 , 0001. ; they present a corn gold rPeilleeef.lfL. workmanship, representing the Union Rose in A b , L ime r ick Chronicle. °°e of UY, very much mu tilated, and supposed to be have the crew of the French vessel stranded near New. 4nd during the late gale, was picked up on Monday last, 01 40 ,4 r i n e . c1 in the churchyard of that port.—Brighton BIRMINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL. Last week the first election of the Town Council o the newly-chartered borough of Birmingham took place, All the 16 wards were strongly contested, the Tories show ing their ordinary sagacity by mixing Tory-Whigs with out and out Tories. The Reformers carried every ward ; most of them by considerable majorities. The successful majorities and polls were as follows : EDGBASTON WARD. REFORM LIST. CONSERVATIVE LIST. Mr. C. Sturge NO Mr. R. T. Cadbury ... 109 Mr. C. Seboleticird Mr. Van Wart 169 Mr. Ferreday 9B ST. THOMAS'S. Mr. Middlemore Mr. J. Sturge 144 I Mr. Lucy Mr. Pare — 119 I Mr. Middlemore was in both lists. ST. MARY'S. Mr. S. Beale 172 Mr. Phillips 35 Mr. R. C. Mason 142 Mr. Allport 33 Mr. Cutler l4O Mr. S. Beale was in both lists. LADY WOOD. Mr. T. Clarke, jun 66 Mr. D. Ledsam Mr. J. Betts 65 Mr. R. Harris Mr. Benjamin Hadley... 63 Mr. R. W. Winfield ST. MARTIN'S. Mr J. Rodway. Mr. T. Phillips Mr. T. Weston MARKET-HALL. Mr. Aspinall 173 Mr. Warden B7 Mr. Cl)wei Mr. Bolton ALL SAINT'S. Mr. T. Lane Mr..Beynon Mr. Shakespeare Mr. P. H. Muntz l5B Air. F. Matchett Mr. Shakespeare was HAM placed upon both lists. PTON. Mr. Pemberton... 72 Mr. W. H. 13ates 72 Mr. S. Kempson 6B ORGE'S Mr. Hollis Mr. Oram lO6 Mr. Faddy B5 AUL'S. Mr. D. Maliras, jun. Mr. Souter Mr. Marshall .. 124 :TER'S. Mr. Butler Mr. Osborn Mr. Westley Richards 2lO Mr. W. Phipson ...... 210 Mr. Lucas 202 Mr. G. V. Blunt Mr. Meredith Mr. Jennings ST. GE Mr. T. C. Salt l2B Mr. Court 127 Mr. Lawden l2l ST. P Mr F. Clark 162 Mr. Hardman Mr. Lucas l4l ST. PI Mr. H. H. Taylor Mr. Drake Mr. Scholefield 282 Mr. Harrold 2Bl Mr. Geach Mr. Hutton Mr. Taylor was in both lists. DUDDESTON AND NECHELLS. sir. Pierce Mr. Cornforth Mr. Hickling Mr. W. Page .. Mr. Trucmau ... ....... Mr. F. Page Yesterday (Thursday) the Council held their first meet ing, to elect the Mayor and Aldermen. William Schole field, Esq., son of the Member for the borough, Joshua Scholefield, Esq., was unanimously elected Mayor. The following gentlemen were then elected Aldermen, only two being not of the Council, and thus creating fourteen vacancies in the Council. The following are the Aldermen : P. H. Muntz I Samuel Hutton T. Bolton J. P. Lawrence W. Scholefield 1 John Meredith Joseph Sturge 1 J. Betts B. Hadley NV. Gammon I C. C. Scholefield W. Harrold W. Jenkins H. Van Wart I W. Ingall S. Beale. Mr. William Redfern was elected Town Clerk. The Town Council comprises some of the most inteliizent and opulent merchants and manufacturers of the town ; and they enter on their vocation resolved eventually to storm aad involve in the elective principle all the municipal self' elect bodies in the borough. OXFORD-STREET EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT. The importance of ascertaining the best species of pave ment for the carriage-roads of the metropolis is some excuse for the confusion, accompanied by the smoke and offensive odours from the cauldrons, which has prevailed at the east end of Oxford-street for the last two mouths. The inha bitants have, however, been great sufferers thereby ; but we may now congratulate them that, at last, all the ground is asvgned and set out for the different varieties, while many of them are completed, and the rest are in progress, ex cepting the portion to be laid with wood—yet this also will be commenced in a day or two. The first load of wood was delivered in Oxford-street on Saturday. It is what, we believe, is called spruce fir. The blocks are about 15 inches deep, and of a hexagonal form, seven inches in dia meter. Commencing at Charles-street are the asphaltum blocks of Stephenson, one half laid straight, the other diago nally. This is followed by granite pavement nine inches deep, jointed with Claridge's asphaltum ; then is to succeed a granite pavement of stones only 41 inches deep, also to be jointed with the same substance, Mr. Claridge being of opinion, and desirous of proving, that his cement is suffi ciently strong to bind even these shallow stones into one solid mass. The Macadamised,bed for this latter portion is all that is at present completed, the parish having found much difficulty in procuring stones of the required size ; they are now, however, obtained, and the work will pro ceed forthwith. To this succeeds the Bastenne Company's portion ; the blocks in this part are in the form of bricks, but somewhat larger ; they have been laid both ways, straight and diagonally. Next follows the granite pave ment, laid by the parish, which is undoubtedly one of the finest specimens of work of its kind to be found in London. It consists of three parts :-1. Stones laid in the ordinary way, on a well-formed bed of concrete. 2. Similar stones laid diagonally on a bed of the same material ; the joints of both these portions are filled with a grouting of lime, sand, &c. 3. Stones laid in the usual manner, but on the earth without any official bed, and the joints are filled in with fine gravel. The whole of this work has a good curved surface, and the regular thickness of the stones has evidently been carefully attended to. The next experiment, going towards Tottenham-court-road, is what is called the Scotch asphal tum granite (said to be a patented article). This composi tion has the appearance of stone, and the blocks are about six inches thick, nine inches broad, and 18 inches long on one face, while the other is only 13 inches long. In laying them (which is done with Parker's cement) every alternate block is reversed, so that every second block lies solid on its base, or longest face, while the others fit in between them as keystones, and, when jointed, each may be said to support the other. The next division will be occupied by the wood pavements. Then follows the asphaltum, called the Val de Travers, which will occupy the remaining portion of the street devoted to the experimental pavement. This last article consists of blocks, about 10 inches square and five inches thick, formed of a bitumen thickly studded by broken pieces of granite ; so that, when laid, it may be looked upon as a sort of Macadamised road, where, in lieu of earth for filling the interstices between the broken granite, and making the whole of a solid mass, a strong binding compo sition has been employed. An inquest was held yesterday in Bury-street, St. James's, on the body of a young man named Theobald, in the service of Captain Vernon, who committed suicide by hanging himself. Deceased had for some time been in a dejected state of mind, arising, it was supposed, from the state of his health. Mr. Benjamin Davis, surgeon, stated that there was an eruption of small-pox on the surface of the skin, such as would tend to affect the mind of the de ceased, as adults have a great dread of the complaint. Verdict—" Temporary mental derangement." On Saturday night, during the dense fog, the Danish brig Prina Christian, of Copenhagen, from Haven nab, bound to Amsterdam, went on shore near Lydden Spout, and is likely to become a perfect wreck. Vast quantities of her cargo, consisting of tobacco and cigars, have been washed out of the vessel, and hundreds of wreckers from hence and Folkstone have taken whatever they could lay their hands upon. Five men have been convicted in different penalties, for having in their posses sion a quantity of tobacco and cigars, varying from a quarter of a pound to a pound and a half. Two men of Folkstone were also committed for further examination, charged with stealing a quantity of the copper sheathing of the above named vessel.—Kentish Gazette. Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr Anthony, poulterer, Leadenhall Market, from the overheating of a chimney in an adjoining house. The fire was got under without doing much damage to the property, which is insured in the Sun office. RUSSIAN TREATMENT TO A BRITISH SEA- N E 1.4 —We have been informed, but we do not vouch for the truth of the story, that a young man, a sailor, a native of Montrose, has been condemned in Russia, for having killed a Russian subject in a fray, to the following punish ment :—To be chained night and day, for six weeks, to a sort of pillory, and to receive a certain number of lashes (given with the knout, we presume) every day, after which to be sent to Siberia. If the first part of the punishment is fairly inflicted;the second may be safely remitted, as it seems quite impossible that he can survive for six weeks the constant exposure to the cold of a Russian winter, to say nothing of the lacerations of the merciless knout. The story is currently rumoured among the sailors here, and we have no doubt i 3 founded in truth, though we may be wrong in some of the particulars.—Montrose Review. THR SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18383 SPORTING IN TELLIGEN Ch. TATTERSALL' S-YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. Owing to the departures from fown the attendance this afternoon was thin, and business so flat and devoid of interest:as to render any further observations unnecessary. The following were the only horses mentioned :- 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's BrotOr to 1!lay Middleton 23 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus—taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Allen's Fitz-Ambo—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Batson's Brother to Plenipo—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Greatrex's Tontine colt—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Price's three—taken 1000 to 20 agst Duke of Richmond's Meunier—taken 1500 to 30 agst Lord Westminster's Honeymoon colt--taken 500 even between Bloomsbury and Fitz- Ambo—taken SCOTLAND. SERIOUS REJOICINGS. (From the Glasgow Arhus.) Last week was especially consecrated' in' Glasgow, b the combined votaries of Dulness, Feebleness, and Hum . • bug, to celebrate the praises of their idols. The Festivals were worthy of their inspiring spirits. First in order came the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the subversion of Episcopacy in this country. Tameness was the order of the day : but bow could it be otherwise ? In the present position of affairs, not a word could be ventured that might offend the prelates of th e " sister Church." H am l e t was l e f t out of his own play : railing at Episcopacy was prohibited. The anniversary was in celebration of a bold and successful rebellion : of a strug gle, which commenced by the pelting of an Episcopal cler gyman out of his own church, at the risk of his life, while engaged in divine service ; and ended with the decapita. tion of the primate of the Anglican Church and his King. The morality of the cause and its engines is more than questionable ; its boldness and straightforwardness are its redeeming features. But these are precisely the feature w'iich we desiderate in what professed to be its commemo ration. Equivocation and servility were the order of the day. The " excitement" corresponded to the exciting cause. One hundred laymen and two hundred clergymen walked in procession to hear sermon in the forenoon. A number of boys and ladies were collected to look at it : the workmen had been turned out of some factories, but found better amusement elsewhere. Some 600 or 700 indivi duals, described by Dr. as consisting of " men of almost every degree and character," assembled to a lu gubrious drinking bout in the evening. Nothing could match the party, but the jollification of an incorporation of grave-diggers and undertakers. The business of the evening was commenced by singing a psalm. Six bumper toasts were then drank in rapid succession amid vociferous cheers, and then another psalm was sung. Se% en sermons (of the lengthiest) were then preached by seven of the divines present. And, about " the wee short hour ayont the twal'," the company, having imbibed a sufficiency both of spirituous and spiritual refreshment, seriously adjourned. The Guardian remarks, that, during the sitting of the As sembly of 1638, two. sermons were preached regularly be fore breakfast ; but what is that to seven after dinner ? On Friday, the portion of the Collegians, prematurely emancipated from the Grammar School, heard a sermon preached to them in the Hall by Sir J. Graham. In the evening Bailie Paul presided at a soiree, where the cold meats of the preceding day's dinner were voraciously con sumed. Dr. M'Gill described the dinner party as com posed of " men of almost every character :" if we may take the Chairman of the soiree as a sample, the characters of the company were less diversified. On Saturday, Sir James Graham received an address from sundry persons, who subscribe themselves as " A. B. Esquire," and students who write themselves members of the " Transforthiani" and, at the same time, an address from the editorial reporter. or reporting editor of the Scot tish Guardian, and a few of his friends, styling themselves " Conservative Operatives." To these documents Sir James Graham replied at great length. The Baronet, how ever, (judging probably of the intellect and knowledge of Glasgow citizens by the standard of the Dunlops around him) came it rather too strong. He quoted Dean Swift as a Whig writer ! The apostate hack of the high Tory Mi nisters, who plotted to restore the Pretender on the death of Queen Ann, a Whig ! We might have called Swift the Sir James Graham of his day, had not the Dean's genius rendered the parallel incomplete. And thus terminated the solemnities of a week more pro lific in cant, equivocation, and ennui, than any recorded in the annals of Glasgow. THE WHISTLE.—Burn's Poem, entitled " The Whistle," is well known. A relic of this instrument, now famous in story, is still very carefully preserved. It is small, of a peculiar kind of wood, and is said to be of Danish origin ; but its power is great, and, having tried it, we imagine it would be easy to summon, by its shrill bugle like blast, a shepherd from the hills, although a mile or two off. Two years ago the writer of this notice, when on a visit to Craigdarroch (the late Mr. Cutlar Fergusson), car ried a copy of the song with him, very distinctly traced in the handwriting of the poet. By the exhibition of this do cument in connection with the whistle itself, he expteted to surprise the late owner; but soon found that Craigdarroch had a similar copy of his own, which had been kindly given to him by his friend and relation, Sir Charles Menteath, Ba ronet, of Cl ose b urn . Of t hi s g i ft he was very proud, and mentioned that the first day he received it he took it down to the House and showed it to Sir John Cam Hobhouse and several others. Anxiety to gaze on the handwritin g cf the bard acted like a spell, and soon brought a crowd of Members around him. The Speaker noticed what was going forward, and was compelled to tell the disturbers that it was their duty to take their places and allow the business of the House to proceed. Burns, we dare say, wrote " The Whistle " at a single sitting, and could have little weened that any such sportive effort of fancy would ever disturb the serenity of the British Senate !—Dumfries Courier. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The situation of the colony of the Cape of Good Hop e is evidently becoming critical, if but a small portion of the complaints and statements with which the papers and pri vate letters abound on every arrival are alone founded in fact. The Grahm's-town Journals to the sth of October are filled with copious details of the trials of Hottentots and other of the native tribes, principally on charges of marauding_ and plundering the farmers of their cattl e . Th e account of these thefts from the month of August only, when there were but comparatively few cases of plunder, as officially published by the Government there, reaches to one hundred and thirty-one head of cattle and twenty_ eight horses. The Judge on Circuit in the Graham's town district on dismissing the Jury, after an unusually long Assize, declared that it was " perhaps the heaviest criminal Session ever held" there, which tended to show the great " increase of crime of late, and rapid de moralization of the coloured classes." Much indigna tion was expressed among the colonists at the want of protection to life and property exhibited by the local au thorities, but more especially on account of the manner in which, as averred, " they had been accused without foun dation and condemned unheard" at the Colonial-office, and by the Colonial officials in Parliament, as having " com mitted or connived at aggressions" upon the Caffrcs. The accusation is declared to be entirely " false," and inquiry challenged into the fscts " on the spot" with the greatest earnestness. If fair dealing be intended towards a com munity as much entitled to protection and the benefit of the laws as any other portion of British subjects, it would ap pear only reasonable that such a demand should be com plied with, which is but a reiteration of the Fame request made in their behalf, as is stated, after the presentation of the Albany petition to the House of Commons in July last by Mr. Gladstone. Such inquiry might serve to throw some light on the recent extensive emigrations of farmers to Port Natal, whose misfortuues and slaughter by one of the Caffre tribes have excited so much sympathy. It has been broadly stated on various occasions that these unhappy emigrations were caused by the incessant incursions and robberies to which they were exposed from the Caffres, and the absence or refusal of all adequate protection by the local Govern ment, by which their representations were treated with in difference or contempt. The insecurity to property and the risk to life would seem indeed to merit the deepest at tention, from the following official returns, which so far ap pear to bear out the assertions of the colonists that the Caf fres are in fact the aggressive party : Account current of losses sustained by the Caff:es and colo nists respectively by the irruption of the former into the eastern province of the Cape of Good Hope in December, 1834, and the war which ensued consequent thereon in the early part of 1835. (Compiled from official returns.) _ . . CAPTURED PROM THE CAFFRES. LOSSES SUSTAINED BY TIIE Horses not stated, say 500 I COLONISTS. Cattle 6QOOO Horses 5,715 Goats, numbernotstat- Cattle 111,930 ed, say 2,000 Sheep and goats ......161,930 BALANCE DUE TO T/SE: COLONISTS. Horses Cattle Sheep and goats 5,215 51,930 159,930 An inquest was held yesterday at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Philip Sparks, aged 43 years. The deceased was carman to Mr. Dewell, of No. 16, Old street, St. Luke's, ironfounder. On the Gth inst. he was assisting in getting a cylinder of a hydraulic press into cart, when the chain slipped, and the flange of the cylinder caught the little finger of the right hand, and severely jammed and lacerated it. He immediately proceeded to the Hospital and had the wound dressed, and was after wards admitted as an in-patient. On Wednesday week last he displayed symptoms of locked jaw, and died on Wednesday morning last, at eight o'clock. Verdict, " Ac cidental death." LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. (From the New York Papers received to the 10th instant THE CANADA& (From the ilfornini Courier of Dec. 3.) MONTREAL, MONDAY, DEC. 3.—Reports were in cir culation yesterday that the brigands and pirates had made fresh incursions into Upper Canada, and had got severely beaten at Malden by the British forces. It was also re ported, on the authority of a letter from Toronto, that the American steam-boat United States had been taken posses sion of, and sent some where for a cargo similar to that landed at Prescott ; and that the British steam-boat Co burg had been despatched in pursuit of her, with orders to sink her. Another letter mentions that two steam-boats and eleven schooners, full of armed men, were seen on the American shore opposite Amhertsburgh ; and a letter from London states that the 32d Regiment, stationed at that place, were under orders to proceed to Amherstburgh. About 200 rebel prisoners were removed on Saturday from the common gaol, which had become too crowded, to a store at Pointe-a-Calliere, which has been fitted up as a place of confinement. It is calculated that between GOO and 700 persons are at this moment incarcerated in con sequence of their connexion with the recent rebellion. This is an inconvenient y large number, and sound policy, as well as justice, calls for a more summary mode of trial being adopted than the one which at present " drags its slow length along." We are assured that there are many in confinement who are innocent of the crimes laid to their charge, and against whom no evid ence of a criminat- in g kind can be adduced. This is not improbable, consi dering the excitement of the times ; and there is, in all conscience, a sufficient number of guilty in the power of the Government to be made examples of, without the least necessity existing of one hair of the heads of the truly guilt less being injured. The sooner, then, the cases of the latter are investigated the better, and it would be desirable to have a commission of inquiry, composed of intelligent and honest men, for this purpose. It must be allowed on all sides that the conduct of the Government last year, in keeping political prisoners in gaol for [line month s w i t h out try i ng one o f t h em, an d thendis missino- them under the galling mockery of an amnesty, was most 71i5graceful to any powerful Government. It was more in keeping with the trickery of an imbecile despotism than becoming a generous and free people. The Cana dians universally complained of the proceeding, and natu rally attributed it to fear. Let there be room for no such complaint in the present case ; let no man have it in his power to say he had no trial ; but let justice be speedily and effectually dealt out to one and all—no shuffling and scorned amnesty a second time. Punishment loses much of its moral effect when ill-timed. It should follow closely and irresistibly on the footsteps of the crime, to exercise the most salutary influence. It has more or less of wanton cruelty in it to sacrifice life at an improper season, when the effect, by way of warning or ex ample, would be very much less than if the crime and the punishment were exhibited in close juxta-position. In ad vocatin7, then, as we do, speedy justice to all the guilty, it is not from any bloodthirsty disposition, but in order that every life which may be offered up to the violated laws of the country may tell with the greatest possible effect upon those who are inclined to follow criminal courses. (From the Quebec Mercury.) Her Majesty's steam frigate Medea, Captain Nott, R.N., encountered great. difficulty on her passage from Shediac, owing to the unprecedented severity of the weather for the season, and the crowded state of the vessel from the number of troops on board. She, however, stuck to the Sophia, which was also full of troops, and, though obliged twice to cast her off from stress of weather, Captain Nott again fell in with her, and at last by dint of perseverance and skill succeeded in bringing both vessels in safety into port. The matter of the Habeas Corpus still remains in the same state as at our last publication ; and, as we under. stand, copies of the proceedings in the case arc yet to be forwarded to head-quarters, it will probably be Sunday, or at the earliest Saturday, before the decision of the Govern ment and the steps to he pursued in these cases will be known here. The only thing of an exciting sort, such as we have been looking out for for some days back, that appears in the last received Upper Canada Papers, is the following postscript in the Western Herald. It is a hearsay : " MONDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK.—We have just learned, from indisputable authority, that 1,500 pirates, commanded by Polish officers, are at this moment at Puttin Bay Island, some distance below Amherstburg. Their professed intention is to attack some point on this frontier on the 21st, but nobody knows their real intentions. We understand that General Brady, with a military force, has gone to disperse them, on board the steamboat Illinois. " Five hundred armed men were last week seen in the town of Ypsilanti, and it is confidently believed that large numbers, in the interior of Michigan, are waiting to pounce upon us. We sincerely trust that every man and boy capable of bearing arms will now step boldly forward in de fence of his country. Branded with lasting infamy be that man who will, in the hour of impending danger, shrink from doing his duty." (From the New York Whig.) From the Montreal Papers of Wedne;lay last, we learn that more trouble is apprehended, should the Government inflict a sore punishment on the prisoners. The Montreal Courier contains the following paragraph : A substantial and intelligent resident in the district that was lately the scene of the rebel operations, writes—" The Canadians arc far from being settled—they are cheering for Papineau, and say the British Government dare not punish the prisoners ; so it is expected there will be another out break soon. This, as well as a thousand other proofs that could be adduced, dictate to Government what course it must now adopt effectually to crush the spirit of rebellion. It is rumoured in Montreal that some of the political prisoners have been released. Three volunteer brigades have been organised in the city by Sir John Colborne, consisting of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and rifles. His Excellency has laid before the Special Council a Bill to dispense with trial by jury, for the present, at least. It is also stated that he has sent a steamer to Quebec to take the prisoners to Montreal to be tried. THE UNITED STA TES. RIOTS AT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. MOST DISGRACEFUL. (From the United States Gazette.) The letter which we publish this morning from Harris burg will be read with deep pain and mortification by every Pennsylvanian. In addition to what is stated in the letter, we understand that the scene of violence in the Senate Chamber was most shocking. In the midst of the uproar and confusion, it is said that the Speaker of the Senate called Mr. Rogers to the Chair, and left the Chamber. We are told that a gentleman who very much resembled Mr. Burrowes, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, was seized by some of the ruffians, and dragged to a light, when they e xclaimed, " This is not Burrowes, but we will find the ra scal, and fix him yet!" We subjoin the following extract of a letter written by one who is no partisan, dated Harrisburg, Dec. 4. After referring to the proceedings in the representative hall, he says ; When the senate met at three o'clock this afternoon, the lobby was packed instanter, Penrose took the chair, and a good deal of parliamentary tactics were used on both sides to get up all the returns ; and great skill in Sutherland's manual evinced. Mr. Penrose was re-elected Speaker, made a passable speech, and the " tug of war" began by an attempt to swear Hanna and his colleague. The senate had postponed the Huntingdon question, and decided that, as the returns on their face was irregular, neither claimant should sit until investigation took place. It was then moved to postpone the county question in the same way, but after many violent efforts by the Van Buren men, it was voted down by a dead majority, and Penrose made some rather strained decisions on questions of order, and a very turbulent feeling began to display itself in the lobbies. Shouts of " hear, hear," groans, cries of " go on," ke., began to be very numerous, and clapping and shouting not a little. The row continued until confusion more confounded took place. Matters began to wear a serious personal aspect ; "give us our rights or we will take them" was often repeated; till,by way of a lullaby for the mob, some senator proposed that Brown, the Van Buren senator elect from the county, be allowed to address the senate. It was carried, for, in in fact, they did not dare to refuse, and Brown began. In this crisis Penrose called Rogers to the chair and bolted. Burrowes and Stevens stood in front of Brown, who began, and such a piece of speaking I have seldom heard. He called Burrowes a menial, and Stevens a villain ; said it was contamination to sit with the senate, and that its walls were fouler than a gaol ! at all of which the mob did glorify exceedingly, and made symptoms of nabbing and lynching Stevens, Burrowes, &c., whereupon these gents hoisted a window in a Committee-room, and crept out and made off. By this time the uproar was tre mendous, order ceased to reign, and the senate adjourned instanter. M'Caban, from the county, mounted a desk, and harangued away tremendously. Brown followed from the Speaker's chair, and, after a deal of coaxing, got the mob to leave ! for firing the capitol was spoken of. Leave they did, with three cheers for Brown, and ditto groans for Stevens. To-night the excitement is very strong ; the Van Buren men have a meeting at the Court House at least 1,000 strong, and the Whigs a caucus, and I fear to-morrow may make sad work, perhaps bloodshed. HARRISItURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. —The mob is still in the ascendant. I concluded my former letter at the close of the morning Session. By the resolution passed yesterday, the Democrats were to meet again to-day at half-past two o'clock, p.m. From intima tions thrown out during the day, it was known that per sonal violence, even to death, was threatened to Mr. Speaker Cunningham, should he attempt to take the chair. The Sergeant-at-Arms, it appears, had instructions to admit none of the Democratic Members from the county of Phi ladelphia within the bar, and to enforce this order it ap pears be was to be assisted by that excellent body of police from " the county" now on duty here. Under these cir .cumstanccs it was deemed advisable for the Democrats not to assemble, but to adjourn until to-morrow. The Speaker deputed Mr. Spackman to act as Speaker pro tem. ; he went to the capitol, entered the hall, and was about advancing to the Speaker's chair, when he was met on the steps by Mr. M'Elwee, who declared if he persisted in taking the chair it should be at the peril of his life 1 A person from the county of Philadel phia was near Mr. M'Elwee and joined in these threats. Some one of the democratic members present called out that he should adjourn the House from the place he then stood in, which he did, until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. At the instant he was declaring the House to be adjourned, some of the "gentlemen" who appear to be legislating here, called out " Now boys," and at once the whole body rushed on Mr. Spackman, and dragged him to the door of the hall ; but by the interference of Charles Brown the mob was prevented from doing him any further violence. When the rush was made, many of the democratic members leaped out of the windows at the hazard of breaking a limb. In the evening the rioters had, as usual, a meeting in the Court-house, to further inflame those upon whom they de pend for action. So far, the democrats Lave abstained from the least dis position to retaliate by violent measures. In this crisis they have conducted themselves in a manner, more cool, calm, and collected than men ever did, menaced as they are. Nothing but an ardent desire to preserve, as far-as in them lies, the honour and integrity of the Commonwealth could have induced them to endure all this. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. s.—This morning the Locofocos commenced operations by a meeting in the Court-house, at which sundry threats were made that the arms in the State Arsenal should be taken by force, to drive the " tyrants" (as they styled the Governor, Senate, and Cabinet) " from power." The Governor, we understand, has issued a Proclama tion, calling the citizens from abroad. to hold themselves in readiness to aid in preserving civil government, in case the rioters persisted in their revolutionary measures. We observe that the Keystone is qpt to-day, sanctioning the riotous proceedings of the Locofocos, and urging them on to further deeds of violence. It declares all civil government at an end, and calls upon :s followers to proceed accordingly. AWFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS. The mob have actual possession of the Capitol of Pen- sylvania, and it is impossible for the Legislature to meet, or the business in the departments of Government to proceed. The mob have now possession of the the town, and mob law reigns supreme. The officers of the law make no at tempt to put down this disgraceful scene. No life is safe ; but the state authorities, we understand, have taken all the measures possible under the circumstances for the preserva tion of life and property. GENERAL ORDER. Head quarters, 11 th Division, Pensylvania Militia. Carlisle, Dec. 5. The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued an order to the militia to hold themselves in readiness at a moment's warning, to assist the civil authorities in suppressing in surrection, and in executing the laws. As there is strong reason to apprehend a necessity for the use of the militia force for such a purpose, I do hereby order the first battalion of Cumberland County Volunteers to hold themselves in readiness to assemble, in parade or der, at one hour's notice, with arms and accoutrements in good order, and each man provided with a knap sack, blanket, &c., ready to march to-morrow morning, if required. As public opinion is excited, and the feelings of men are much roused, I deem it right to urge most earnestly upon officers and men the propriety and necessity of refraining from expressing any political feel ng, or any preference or dislike for parties or party men, and that they should come forward with a firm determination to maintain the character of good soldiers, and to preserve the honour, integrity, and dignity of the State and of the laws. SAMUEL ALEXANDER, Major-General 11th Division, Pennsylvania Militia. Correspondence of the Courier and Inquirer. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7, 1835, 5 o'clock rat. Our city is in a state of excitement to-day, which has not been felt for a long time. I have no news from Harris burg beyond what you wia find in the Morning Papers. The Major-General of the Division (Robert Patterson, Esq.), has, at the request of the Governor, ordered out the Volunteer Companies, who will meet to-morrow, at seven o'clock, in Broad-street, and, unless countermanded, will proceed immediately to Harrisburg, armed and pro vided with the nzunilions de guerre. It is understood here that the Loco-Feces in Philadelphia voted a new supply of money last evening to their rowdies in Harrisburg. (From the Philadelphia Gazette.) Head-quarters, First Division, P.M., Philadelphia, Dec. 7, 1838. " The Governor of the Commonwealth, in his character of Commander-in-Chief, having issued his order, according to the Constitution and laws, requiring me forthwith to call out from my command, and immediately march to the seat of Government, a force sufficient to quell an insur rection which he has been informed has been raised by a body of men, who invaded the Senate Chamber on the 4th inst., during the Session of that body, and by lawless vio lence and threats of personal injury to the Members, and bloodshed, disturbed the Senate and prevented it from proceeding with its deliberations, and compelled the Mem bers to disperse : and further, that the same body of men have organised themselves and resolved to compel the Senate to adopt their will as their rule of action.' " Now, in compliance with the said requisition, the Volunteers of the first division will assemble in winter uniform, with knapsacks provided with thirteen rounds of buckshot cartridge, and seven rounds of ball cartridge, in Broad-street, south of Market -street, to-morrow (Satur day), at seven o'clock A.M . . precisely. " The Major-General need make no other appeal to the patriotism of the volunteers of the division, than to remind them, that it is the highest privilege , as it one of the m os t important duties, o f the citizen sodiers to sustain the civil authority whenever the emergency occurs which renders necessary a resort to armed force. " The spirit of order and a sacred regard for the re gular action of the laws, under which alone can our liberties be preserved, demand that the spirit of misrule must be instantly, energetically, and effectually suppressed. " Brigadier-General s Godwin and Provost will take im mediate measures, within their respective brigades, to carry this order into full effect. " The officers of the railroad hare been required to aid with the means of transportation. " By command of Major-General R. Patterson. " JOHN MILLS, Aidc-de. Canap." REVOLUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA AND LATEST AND IMPORTANT FROM HARRISBURG. We have just received an extra of the Harrisburg Tele graph, 'dated December 6, p.m. It contains an Address from a majority of the senators, detailing the outrageous conduct of the Tory mob in driving the people's Represen tatives from the Capitol. In allusion to the speech of a Mr. Brown, of Philadelphia, not a member of the Senate, and whom the mob insisted should address that body, the Sena tors say that this proposition for the sake of peace was agreed to. They then add— " Mr. Brown having pledged his honour to Messrs. Miller and Fraley, senators from Philadelphia, not to use any inflam matory remarks, made a speech which he professed to be in tended to subdue the excitement in the galleries, and to in duce the mob to disperse, but the warmth of his feelings car ried him into great impropriety of speech, declaring that we were in the midst of a revolution, and that there was an end of the constitutional government ; occasionally invoking them in a supplicating manner to be quiet, and asking whether they were prepared to trample the constitution and laws under foot, and shed the best blood of the common wealth to attain their ends. To these questions the mob responded Yes, yes ;we will, we 'will ;' and accompanied their assent wilh horrible cries of Give us blood if we can not have our rights.'" The address of the Senators to their fellow-citizens con cludes thus : The unlawful and riotous assemblages of the misguided and dangerous men have been continued several times at the State Capitol and Court-house of the ccunty of Dau phin, and the Senate is now unable to proceed with their legitimate functions, and they accordingly announce to the people of the State, that th e ir re p resen t a ti ves cannot with • safety attend the Halls of Legislation until the insurrec tionary and riotous assemblages by which they are now threatened with violence are quelled by the arm of the con stitutional power of the State, or a return to reason and duty shall induce them to disperse. " CIIARLES B. PENROSE, " JOSEPH M. SrERRITT. Speaker of the Senate. " ALEXANDER IRNIN. "THOMAS W ILLIAMS. " ABRAHAM MILLER. " JAMES PAUL. " ELIHU CASE. " FRELERICK FRALEY. " JOHN H. EWING. " WILLAM WAGNER. " WILLIAM PURVIANCE. " JOHN KILLINOER. " JAIVIES HANNA. " JOHN STROIIM. " JAMES M'CONKEY. " SAMUEL M. BARCLAY. "P. S. MICHIER. " JACOB CASSAT. " JOHN J. PEARSON." The Extra also contains an address to the people of Pennsylvania, signed by T. S. Cunningham, Speaker of the House of Representatives, giving a detail of the out- rages of the aforsaid mob on that body. We quote some important passages : Officials of the General Governments are now present, instigating these illegal and dangerous proceedings. What are the objects of these outrages ? Nothing less than a treasonable attempt to destroy the present Government, and erect another in its stead. It is perfectly well known that a new Constitution has been adopted by the people of this Commonwealth, which must be established in force, according to the requisition of the late convention, and the acts of the legislature. The Senate and House are pre vented by force from assembling, and this object must be defeated—the people reduced to the deplorable condition of being without a Constitution of their own selection, and governed by an unlawful assembly, who choose to prescribe the manner and form in which the authorities of the land shall discharge their functions. " We repeat that it is the design of certain persons to overturn the laws, to defeat the inauguration of the Go vernor and the proclamation of the adoption of the new Constitution. " The pretence of all these acts of outrage is, that cer tain members of the Senate and House have been admitted, on the returns known to the law, to take their seats with out having been duly elected. This pretence is utterly false. Endeavours are made to overawe the Senate and House by violence, in order to prevent the disclosure of the enormous frauds perpetrated in the county of Philadel phia. They know that these frauds can be proved ; that !hey dare not invite an investigation, and are resolved to seat their partisans by force ; prevent the regular meeting of the Legislature until after the time allowed for the investigation of the elections by law thus concealing those frauds, while the returned members frotn the city and county of Philadelphia ask and earnettly desire this in vestigation. " Signed in behalf of the members of the House of Re presentatives driven from the Hall, " T. S. CUNNING HAM, Speaker." The Extra gives the following as the result of the occur rence of Thursday. There was no meeting of either branch of the Legisla ture to-day. The mob held undisturbed control of the Capitol, threatening that the Democratic Members who en tered should not come out alive. We believe that but few even of the Loco-Focos were there. The mob still continues to bold meetings, and the ring leaders to excite their followers to acts of outrage and crime. But we understand they were addressed to-day by. Judge Blythe, who firmly but severely rebuked their pro ceedings, which has rather cooled their ardour. MONEY MARKET, &c. DEC. 7. The Stock Market to-day evinced less activity and in most fancy descriptions a falling off of I to -1 per cent. took place. The steam-ship Liverpool took out about 25,0001. ster ing in specie. The Mississipi Union Bank has issued a circular, wherein that institution proposes to make an advance of 60 dollars per bale on good cotton delivered to their agents, to be appointed at the following shipping points, viz., at Nat chez, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Rodney, Manchester, Technla, Satartia, Marion Greenwood, Grenada, Colum bus, and Mississippi city. The owner to deliver to this bank the said agent's receipt, with the mark, number, and weight of each bale, together with a note payable twelve months after date, with two or more good securities, to be submitted to the Board for said advance. The cotton to be shipped to Liverpool, or such other market as may be designated by the party delivering the' same, at his risk and expense, and sold on account of this bank. The proceeds, together with the exchange, both foreign and domestic, to be credited on his note, and the rate of domestic exchange to be established by the current rate at the time the account of sales is received. The Directors of the Bank allege, as a cause for the pre sent movement, the belief that the cotton crop of Missis sippi IA i.l fall short, and that planters will postpone the sale of their crops till the extent of the deficiency is known. SALES AT THE STOCK-EXCHANGE, Drc. 8. 50 Shares United States Bank 3O days 1191 8 do. Ditto cas h 1191 50 do. ' Delaware and Hudson... b. 3 days 68 85 do. Ditto cash 67i 10 do. North American Trust 92} 10 do. Kentucky Bank 10 do. Illinois Bank 994 200 do. Vicksburg Bank bo. 60 days 75 100 do. Mohawk Railway cash 60 15 do. New Jersey Railroad 150 do. Patterson Railroad 50 do. Haarlem Railroad 45 _ . 5 do. Providence and Stonington 24i 100 do. Boston and Providence 60 days b 3 lO4 30 do. Utica and Sebsnec. Railroad... cash 119 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. 26.—A report is spread, which we be lieve to be in part, at least, destitute of foundation ; it is said that M. Charles de Brouckere has given in his resig nation of the offices of Director of the Bank of Belgium, Director of the Mint, Aide-de-Camp of his Majesty, Colonel of Artillery, and Professor in the Free University. A letter from Liege of the 24th says, that in the course of next week 20,000 men will be assembled in the camp at Beverloo, at Deest, and the environs. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES. SITTING OP DEC. 26.—THREE O'CLOCK. The commencement of the sittinc , was extremely interest ing. We hasten to publish the following report, which was followed by a sitting with closed doors : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE PROJECT OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE BANK OF BELGIUM. M. DEVAUX, Reporter. Gentlemen,—The Committee appointed to examine the project of law, the object of which is to enable the Bank of Belgium to resume its payments, has endea voured to reconcile the strictness which the proposed measures regarded, with the necessity of procuring all the information requisite in so short a space of time. For this purpose, in the five sittings which the Committee has had in three days, it has communicated with the Minister Officiare, and with the Commissioners dele gated by the creditors and the Members of the Council of Administration of the Bank. The first care of your Committee' was to ascertain the precise object of the measures proposed, and the effects expected from them. It convinced itself that this object might be stated in the following terms---' To enable the Bank of Belgium to pay promptly what it owes ; to pay the bills which have not yet come in ; and to attain that result without endangering the manufacturing establish ments, which are its debtors, by requiring them to fulfil their partial obligations deprived of the patronage which facilitated their operations. _ _ No Member of your Committee was insensible to the fact, that the interference of the Government in private affairs is frequently speaking extraordinary and dangerous ; but we have also thought that the temporarily extraordinary situation of Belgium authorised this inter ference, and deprived it of its danger as a precedent. To convince ourselves that the object proposed was really attainable, we have had before us detailed statements of the assets and debts presented by the administration of the Bank, and attested. As it was impossible for us, in so limited a trial, to refer ourselves to the books of the Bank, we have interrogated the representatives of the creditors, and the administration of the Bank, respecting the elements of this calculation. The estimate of the resources which it depends on re alising in five months has appeared.. to be on the whole by no means exaggerated. If we have had doubts of the pos sibility of realising, without inconvenience, some of the re sources indicated, we have perceived that the reality may really surpass the expectations held out. Thus, then, in the time' of the . respite granted, a ll t h e creditors of the Ba n k o f gelgium, with the exception of a small number, will be paid, without requiring from the ma nufacturing establishments which are debtors to the Bank a reimbursement which might embarrass them. BELGIAN I. U NDS—BRU SsELB, 26. Actual Debt, •2Y per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 97 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 r . Loan of Cite, 1839., 4 per Cenpet Cent ...... Society of Commerce, 4 s i,per Cent 139 Bank of 132Igiinn, 5 per Cent 66 — Brussels Papers, Dec. 26. _ _ It was intimated at Westminster Sessions yesterday, officially, that Henry Pownall, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Walm sley, and Edmund Halswell, Esq., had retired from the Committee of Visiting Justices of the County Lunatic Asylum, at Hanwell. 'IOBBERy or THE HOLYHEAD MAIL.—A large quantity of bank notes and other property was lost fro m the Holyhead mail, on Saturday night last, between Shiffn a l and Birmingham. A long investigation took place on Monday at Birmingham, and two pen,ons were remanded until Thursday. The number and descriptions of the notes, &c., are known, and payment is stopped at the dif ferent banks. The total amount of property lost is nearly 2,000/.-IVolverhampton Chronicle. An inquest was held last night in Blackfriars-road, on the body of a carman named Hawkins, whose death was occasioned by a wound in the head, received through falling down some steps in the York-road, Lambeth. It appeared that the footpath of that particular spot is quite unprotected, and the jury animadverted strongly on its dangerous condition. Any person would be liable to be killed under similar circumstances. Verdict—" Died in consequence of a fall from the unprotected condition of the footpath in Vine-street, in the parish of Lambeth." The Coroner said he would take the necessary steps to remedy the evil. The deceased has left a widow and five children. The jury subscribed 20s. for the poor woman.